Aurora southern lights

Aurora Australis, the Southern Lights over Australia

Place to watch the night sky Stewart Island, New Zealand. The Maori people of New Zealand have a different name for the island. Stewart Island is called Rakiura by the Maoris which mean ‘Glowing Skies’. The isolated setting of the island lays the basic foundation for observing the sky.  2/6 Tasmania. The Aurora Australis or the southern lights is the identical twin of its northern counterpart the Aurora Borealis. Despite being equals there exists a remarkable difference between the…

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The Aurora Australis, aka Southern Lights, made an appearance in southern Tasmania this week.

The aurora australis is the southern cousin to the northern lights

Located relatively close to the South Pole, Tasmania offers an exceptional vantage point for observing the aurora australis, or southern lights, a natural phenomenon comparable to the northern lights but less frequently seen. The emergence of colors and flickers in the night starry sky creates an im